Usually I like what you do. in this case I can't appreciate how you managed to fix the hole. You made the repair a lot more visible than just plugging the hole.
That instrument looks a million times better without the scratch-plate and with the beautifully discrete repair. This is great learning material as well as highly entertaining, thanks Ben and the excellent video editor(s?).
Thank-you fire angel, I agree, that miss-matched and chunky scratchplate was not very nice 😢 New editor today with a different and cool aesthetic that I am particularly enjoying too. Thank you for mentioning it!
But why build an acoustic guitar like that? Any cheap acoustic sounds better, this cannot ever be a good instrument. Floating bridge, ultra thick top, small sound holes.... who would ever build a guitar like that? Scratch plate at this point is, IMHO, completely irrelevant.
If there was a way of "coreing" instead of drilling the holes you would have the exact wood and stain to use as the hole plug. A very nice, delicate job.
I've just done a neck fit and pickup installation on an Iron Curtain Hofner copy used to play illegal non communist approved music in cellars and the source for the core is under the bridge as generally these can move around for intonation. The Hofner copy is terrible and the neck held on with a square headed flange bolt and lots of material had been cut away from the pocket . So after calculating the angle used a couple of shims fixed in place for the correct height of neck to bridge and mixed up an epoxy based sawdust filler, masked and waxed the neck with cellophane and bolted it in with a a socket head screw while aligning it with bridge and floating tailpiece . I also used 16mm Alpha pots through the F hole and sited the knobs in a similar place with the bridge earth wire coming out under the tail piece hook and earth's perfectly . I used a Fender chrome top pickup at a node point but as this meant cutting through the top brace to tail stop hook installed 2 maple bridges either side to transfer the load . Unfortunately it was impossible to use a strap jack because of the tailpiece so on went a chrome jack plate as the theme of this guitar was dingy red stain white and chrome . Despite the guitar being valueless apart from one original Fender strap button fitted to the shoulder ( the other was a plastic wedge which smelled awful ) I still take the same amount of time a d care on a repair rebuild as I would a Gibson or Martin etc . I do this work at cost of parts only as my labour is free but always the larger element or any repair , build or modification . Nice looking pickup by the way . The pickup I am making for my build for the GGBO actually sits inside under the spare after the 24 th fret on the fretboard of the inductor type the wires passing straight down to the electronics , it also has a custom built piezo made from Barium Titanate with wires running down the middle of the neck between the 2 truss rods from the pickup under the nut and another inductor type bridge pickup too with a means to blend/select all 3 invisible pickups keeping the top clear except for strings and bridge , which I may construct from optical clear acrylic and glass for the saddles with an interesting means to adjust for height and intonation. Im looking forward to hearing the sound that the nut pickup produces or adds to those in conventional positions. There is a way to grow some very large clear barium titanate crystals that can be ground to make saddles . Imagine that a completely transparent guitar bridge ! It all depends on time as proof of concept has been done .
A trick I use for pulling the pots up into the holes is, I use a length of heat shrink tubing over the pot posts and then you can just pull on the heat shrink, up through the hole.
I've got a guitar on my bench that... well, probably should go in the fire, but I want to try stuff from a repair standpoint on it. Specifically, it's got a bridge that has been glued down in the wrong place. It also needs a new fretboard. Ben, taking that block out reminded me I need to get back to that guitar and get it done. Again, you inspire me to do stuff and I can't thank you enough for that. One day, I will get across the pond and take a class.
Attention to detail, enormous amounts of love and care for someone's most precious possession. This was just an enthralling watch, thank you so much for making this video for us to watch. So most guitarists sell their soul to the devil to have the magic touch of Jimmy Hendrix or the weeping tones of Eric Clapton or the vast chasm of reverb of The Edge. When it was your turn in the queue, "err please sir can you make it that one hour of real time gives me a fortnight in my workshop to devote to doing things properly?"
I don't trust myself to leave open bottles of anything on my bench, especially dyes or stains. I'm sure to knock them over. You're a brave man, Ben Crow.
Hey Ben, the final result is unbelievably magnificent! I first thought "so what if the repair is visible - it's tidy; it's part of the guitar's story". But no, the guitar looks so much better for going the extra distance. Personally, I really like to see electric guitars that have no pick guards and no access panels, but it must be a pain to achieve.
It is a bit fiddly, and makes the life of future repair people far more problematic but, yes.. a nice clean looking guitar is by far my favourite option..
Very nice repair patch, I've often thought about the end grain problem, but was a little worried about the results. But you nailed it and it looks great.
I'm really glad that I managed to hide that hole.. my heart sank when I saw that that block was glued down and it only got worse when I saw the hole alltg way through! 😞
Been there and d9ne that more times then I can remember Ben 😅 Fair play for trying something new that you weren't sure about but have researched enough to do it well. Nice repair job. Most of us would be just used a toothpick to be fair. I do like the look of those stains 🤔 Always need new tools aswell. Might buy some more after new years for guitary things 😄 By the way, thankyou for showing how sometimes repairing needs re blending with grain work, its one of the most difficult bits 👍
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars definitely fun. All your digressions are but we need the one piece hand tool build!! I am making a copy of the 2020 explorer with only hand tools and the hand tool build is giving me great ideas. That is my favourite guitar by you though
A good way to wet the glue without having loose water just running around is to use laponite gel. Comes as a powder and you mix whatever solvent you want in there. Shmear it on the surface and it stays in place. Keeps it from evaporating too.
I usually use damp strips of paper towels, it keeps the humidity in and localised on the glue, and you don’t have to wait for it to hydrate like you do with the gel
That was a good one. And only one video! Nice job on all of it, especially the patch. I have a guitar (grandfather's) than needs something similar, and I have some cedar that's darn close to a match. Thanks for the info. :)
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars i thought you did a fantastic job..the videos were so enthralling..they got me into your youtube content and I've loved everything you've done since. Have a grear xmas 🍻
If you wanted to be extra careful and not have had to worry about digging into the guitar with a chisel, you could have used a piece of 3-6mm-thick acrylic, MDF, or plywood with a slot cut out for whatever that wooden block was.
Very nice. So many familiar techniques, done slightly differently than I would have. You certainly have the courage of practiced hands. I would have protected that guitar with a sheet of acetate to carve away that block.
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Hey, you did a great job. Repair work is seldom ever perfect; someone else honked it all up and now you gotta go in and "fix" it. That will not be seen from a distance, and unless someone shoves their nose down 3 inches from the repair area, it will most likely just look like a spot of pitch/resin in the wood. Watching you work is a pleasure, and well worth the time.
I normally don't look at fixes like this and I have to admit I cringed more then once , like this man shit the bed however it came out marvelous.. Well done sir!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars it’s charming. I just realized while watching I felt like someone might suddenly pop on going “Thank you for your patience, how can I help you?”. haha
Also, don’t use the oil right away. In this case you don’t need it at all. Typically you’d want to use it after you’ve built up a few wash coats and build coats. It only really helps the burnishing process. The oil can get into the raw wood and really good things up
It's always a pleasure watching you. My father was a master cabinet maker/joiner/carpenter,I learned some tricks watching him but turn myself as a toolmaker machinist. By watching you,I'm making my own guitar but for now designing a different instrument, some kind of a Koto or Guqin. I was wondering if you managed that little hole on the side left by removing the plate support at 1:51 ?
Hi Ben! I hope you, your family, & co-workers all have a great holiday and stay safe from the pandemic. I do have a question. I noticed that you use surgical scalpels for the very small work. I have for years used the X-Acto line of hobby knives for the same thing. My question is, are scalpels better for that type of work than X-Acto knives or is it just a personal preference? If there's a reason that scalpels are better, I'm very interested to know. Thanks for all of the great videos, and I'm looking forward to seeing the hand-made guitar take shape. I also like the .x episodes to see what prep goes into the process. :)
The second I saw the Zero fret I was in love. If have tried the endpin Nanomag on the end of the fretboard and piezo saddle on another output. Oh that ugly block they added. Superglue being likely.. shock smack and leave damage would have been my method. 😄 Great watch. Like being really high in an elevator
If Ben can remember the name of that podcast to share that'd be amazing, looking for something to listen to while I make some pens and running out of audiobooks!
good job on the repair patch Ben, I am a plasterer and for the 37 yrs I have been doing that I have been asked to patch so many different things from walls, ceilings, cars, tables, and have chosen to try marble bench tops and laminate bench tops and managed quite well, but I mentioned to my son I was going to repair (patch) an old sunburst squire partscaster I own because it messes with my brain seeing the chips and dings etc and my son went off saying no no it looks so much better like that , relic I think he said , but what are your thoughts and could you leave something you know you can repair and make look new again or would you leave the relic look as they call it ?
Usually I like what you do. in this case I can't appreciate how you managed to fix the hole. You made the repair a lot more visible than just plugging the hole.
The editing & entertainment value of this video was amazing! Who knew a patch repair & pickup installation could be fun 🤷♂️
We aim to please 🙏 😊 and thank you!
Someone had lots of fun editing this video.
I think you are right 😀
A new 40 min Crimson Guitars video on Thursday?
We're blessed. :)
Should have been out yesterday but we're ramping up for more content this coming year all being well
No desire to be a luthier. But I find myself watching your videos anyway. Something almost therapeutic about them. Good show.
really like the pick-up - cheers from Canada
That instrument looks a million times better without the scratch-plate and with the beautifully discrete repair. This is great learning material as well as highly entertaining, thanks Ben and the excellent video editor(s?).
Thank-you fire angel, I agree, that miss-matched and chunky scratchplate was not very nice 😢
New editor today with a different and cool aesthetic that I am particularly enjoying too. Thank you for mentioning it!
But why build an acoustic guitar like that? Any cheap acoustic sounds better, this cannot ever be a good instrument. Floating bridge, ultra thick top, small sound holes.... who would ever build a guitar like that?
Scratch plate at this point is, IMHO, completely irrelevant.
I'm really diggin the 70's sitcom background music.
Me too 😀
If there was a way of "coreing" instead of drilling the holes you would have the exact wood and stain to use as the hole plug. A very nice, delicate job.
I wish I had thought of that, I really do!
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars I really did love this video and the finished product was beautiful.
I've just done a neck fit and pickup installation on an Iron Curtain Hofner copy used to play illegal non communist approved music in cellars and the source for the core is under the bridge as generally these can move around for intonation. The Hofner copy is terrible and the neck held on with a square headed flange bolt and lots of material had been cut away from the pocket . So after calculating the angle used a couple of shims fixed in place for the correct height of neck to bridge and mixed up an epoxy based sawdust filler, masked and waxed the neck with cellophane and bolted it in with a a socket head screw while aligning it with bridge and floating tailpiece . I also used 16mm Alpha pots through the F hole and sited the knobs in a similar place with the bridge earth wire coming out under the tail piece hook and earth's perfectly . I used a Fender chrome top pickup at a node point but as this meant cutting through the top brace to tail stop hook installed 2 maple bridges either side to transfer the load . Unfortunately it was impossible to use a strap jack because of the tailpiece so on went a chrome jack plate as the theme of this guitar was dingy red stain white and chrome . Despite the guitar being valueless apart from one original Fender strap button fitted to the shoulder ( the other was a plastic wedge which smelled awful ) I still take the same amount of time a d care on a repair rebuild as I would a Gibson or Martin etc . I do this work at cost of parts only as my labour is free but always the larger element or any repair , build or modification .
Nice looking pickup by the way . The pickup I am making for my build for the GGBO actually sits inside under the spare after the 24 th fret on the fretboard of the inductor type the wires passing straight down to the electronics , it also has a custom built piezo made from Barium Titanate with wires running down the middle of the neck between the 2 truss rods from the pickup under the nut and another inductor type bridge pickup too with a means to blend/select all 3 invisible pickups keeping the top clear except for strings and bridge , which I may construct from optical clear acrylic and glass for the saddles with an interesting means to adjust for height and intonation. Im looking forward to hearing the sound that the nut pickup produces or adds to those in conventional positions. There is a way to grow some very large clear barium titanate crystals that can be ground to make saddles . Imagine that a completely transparent guitar bridge ! It all depends on time as proof of concept has been done .
plug cutter bits, job done!
@@BBGuitars Just looked it up. 😳 I didn't even know that was a thing, cool.
Ben, my hat's off to you. I'm very familiar with the challenges that such a finicky repair entails. "Ya done good", as many would say!
Thank you Marty, I'm really happy with how it turned out in the end, and until more than half way through I really wasn't sure that would be the case
Both the pickup and the position of the knobs look like they were always there. Nice job.
Thank you. This was a fun one
A trick I use for pulling the pots up into the holes is, I use a length of heat shrink tubing over the pot posts and then you can just pull on the heat shrink, up through the hole.
Really enjoyed the video and craftsmanship
Why am I holding my breathe when Ben is chiselling the wood away ?
Lol
Handsome guitar. Nice work, Ben.
I've got a guitar on my bench that... well, probably should go in the fire, but I want to try stuff from a repair standpoint on it. Specifically, it's got a bridge that has been glued down in the wrong place. It also needs a new fretboard. Ben, taking that block out reminded me I need to get back to that guitar and get it done. Again, you inspire me to do stuff and I can't thank you enough for that. One day, I will get across the pond and take a class.
Pleasure. Great to be a channel of inspiration. DC
Attention to detail, enormous amounts of love and care for someone's most precious possession. This was just an enthralling watch, thank you so much for making this video for us to watch.
So most guitarists sell their soul to the devil to have the magic touch of Jimmy Hendrix or the weeping tones of Eric Clapton or the vast chasm of reverb of The Edge. When it was your turn in the queue, "err please sir can you make it that one hour of real time gives me a fortnight in my workshop to devote to doing things properly?"
I’m glad you went elegant, good call
I don't trust myself to leave open bottles of anything on my bench, especially dyes or stains. I'm sure to knock them over. You're a brave man, Ben Crow.
Or stupid.. let's go with stupid.. I normally try and close them asafp after use as I also knock things over on the regular!
Your soft and delicate work is mesmerizing to see! Thank you!
31:19 I'm holding my breath!!!
Class work and class editing. That smoke had me grinning 😄
Your home workshop reminds me of your first TH-cam videos.... :)
It’s been totally transformed.
looks way better, great job.
Hey Ben, the final result is unbelievably magnificent! I first thought "so what if the repair is visible - it's tidy; it's part of the guitar's story". But no, the guitar looks so much better for going the extra distance. Personally, I really like to see electric guitars that have no pick guards and no access panels, but it must be a pain to achieve.
It is a bit fiddly, and makes the life of future repair people far more problematic but, yes.. a nice clean looking guitar is by far my favourite option..
My go-to for patch aging fresh wood is usually tea and baking soda. The stronger the tea, the more tannin and the more dramatic the aging.
I find myself sitting very still, with my mouth open, while he’s carving the wood on the guitar face. Strangely riveting.
As a photographer, I know how it is to be completely obsessed with details nobody will notice if they don't know it's there.
“The end is nigh….” I had to check the timeline to see if you had time to finish! 😂 And you did! Soooo cool😎
I love the look of Jazz guitars. ❤️
Nice job Ben!
Thank you, this was a fun one
A lovely repair, and I agree that it looks much better without the scratchplate. A very nice guitar indeed.
Ben you're a legend. Great work on this. Informative and entertaining as always. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you :)
Very nice repair patch, I've often thought about the end grain problem, but was a little worried about the results. But you nailed it and it looks great.
I've watched a lot of your stuff... And you are exceptionally good with a chisel.
Lovely job Ben.
The guitar looks so much more... searching for appropriate words here... Like it was intended to look from day one!
I'm really glad that I managed to hide that hole.. my heart sank when I saw that that block was glued down and it only got worse when I saw the hole alltg way through! 😞
Reminded me of Bean restoring whistler's mother :)
That is an awesome sounding guitar!!!!
8-bit sunglasses well deserved!
New member here! I just love watching you build amazing guitar! 👍
Thank you very much for your support, I sincerely appreciate it!
I love all your guitars!
38:15 "...and Next we hear 'In a Terquoise Mood' That's Jaaaazzz , Grreeeeaaat!"
YEAH AOTEAROA (New Zealand)in the HOUSE
Funny looking travel guitar! 😁
I am known for my digressions lol. Next episode of the travel build will be out on Saturday! I hope you enjoy it
Been there and d9ne that more times then I can remember Ben 😅
Fair play for trying something new that you weren't sure about but have researched enough to do it well.
Nice repair job.
Most of us would be just used a toothpick to be fair.
I do like the look of those stains 🤔
Always need new tools aswell.
Might buy some more after new years for guitary things 😄
By the way, thankyou for showing how sometimes repairing needs re blending with grain work, its one of the most difficult bits 👍
Small tip, wet sand shellac with mineral oil, not water. Water on shellac can leave it with a haze.
that I did not know! Thank you :)
Very nice job Been !! Nice patch !!
Thank you 😊
Looks like that would have been a loooong live stream.
But worth watching maybe? Would at least have been spread out over 2 or 3 episode's though
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars definitely. Next time :)
That turned out awesome Ben!
I think the podcast you mentioned was ‘Omo’. Episode 34 with Iris Carr.
Hopefully you will do more repair videos. You are very gifted
Thank you. I will, I certainly will!
Great work.
Love that hole repair!
Thank you. This was my first patch repair and something I've low tier worried about doing for literal decades 😆
Wow! I have one up on Ben, having finished a guitar using FP technique, successfully, albeit to a satin finish and not a full gloss!
I learned so much from this vid! Brilliant technique. Many thanks.
The true face of procrastination 😂
Great video though Really want to try these pickups out
That's me! It was a fun digression though, yeah?
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars definitely fun. All your digressions are but we need the one piece hand tool build!! I am making a copy of the 2020 explorer with only hand tools and the hand tool build is giving me great ideas. That is my favourite guitar by you though
A good way to wet the glue without having loose water just running around is to use laponite gel. Comes as a powder and you mix whatever solvent you want in there. Shmear it on the surface and it stays in place. Keeps it from evaporating too.
I usually use damp strips of paper towels, it keeps the humidity in and localised on the glue, and you don’t have to wait for it to hydrate like you do with the gel
That music at about 5:45 sounded like I was stuck in an 80s adult film.
We try 😆
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars oh, by all means.... I appreciate the nostalgia factor.
The way you scraped away that glued block reminds me of Baumgartner Restoration. You might like the meticulous nature of his videos.
I love his work, thank-you for the comparison!
If you had gauged out a small bit of wood from where you are drilling for the vol/tone pots...
I was thinking the exact same thing.
You two are damned genius'! Nice one!
Regarding the video, it's the mantra of Lutherie: How good are you correcting mistakes?
Problem solving truly is the most important thing in repair work, also can be incredibly fun
Impecable work, Ben!
Thank you. That was a fun one!
That was a good one. And only one video!
Nice job on all of it, especially the patch. I have a guitar (grandfather's) than needs something similar, and I have some cedar that's darn close to a match. Thanks for the info. :)
Gidday bloke, love your work, any chance of a "Reference Books I Love" vid? Bless your cotton socks.
Thanks Ben, another really helpful video and I need to sharpen my gouges so thank you for showing that too. Cheers Dave
I'd love to see Ben do another rock star guitar repair video like the Kelly Jones Gibson SG. 🙏
I would do a much better job of it this time round too for that matter, I was so nervous that day and there was a HUGE rush 😳
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars i thought you did a fantastic job..the videos were so enthralling..they got me into your youtube content and I've loved everything you've done since. Have a grear xmas 🍻
That must be the most careful screw hole repair I've ever seen.
thank you sir.
If you wanted to be extra careful and not have had to worry about digging into the guitar with a chisel, you could have used a piece of 3-6mm-thick acrylic, MDF, or plywood with a slot cut out for whatever that wooden block was.
Outstanding job Ben 👍
Thanks, was a bit nerve wracking for a while there but came out OK in the end. I think I may actually enjoy the next patch repair 😀
Very nice. So many familiar techniques, done slightly differently than I would have. You certainly have the courage of practiced hands. I would have protected that guitar with a sheet of acetate to carve away that block.
I probably should have done that tbh, thanks for the tip!
that's what we r here for! Excellent work as always! how about a thinline/ centerblock hollowbody kit?!
Ben, sometimes you can blend a repair in shellac with a tiny brush dampened with alcohol.
Dang it! I keep catching myself trying to blow away the wood chips! 🤪
True immersive luthiery.. thank you 😊
great in stall
Fascinating.
I would settle for one gouge that was the proper size and shape to carve tops with, lol. Great video, and lovely work.
Yeah.. you are 100% spot on.. at the very least I should have used a gouge a little bigger than the desired repair..
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Hey, you did a great job. Repair work is seldom ever perfect; someone else honked it all up and now you gotta go in and "fix" it.
That will not be seen from a distance, and unless someone shoves their nose down 3 inches from the repair area, it will most likely just look like a spot of pitch/resin in the wood.
Watching you work is a pleasure, and well worth the time.
Was the violin/cello lady, Iris Carr? She is amazing at what she does. Ian Davlin isn’t too shabby on the guitar finish repair front either.
For mixing tiny amounts of waterbased stain or paints..... Poundland plastic shot-glasses! 😁😁
I feel that I lack the social life required to even know about poundland plastic shit glasses.. but now that I do!! :)
More repair vids like this!
Your wish is my command. :)
Talitha experimenting with new after effects? 😂
Awesome repair / modification of this beautiful instrument.
We're hoping to add a lot more content next year and this is our new editor, Bear, who I think is going to do OK, don't you?
I normally don't look at fixes like this and I have to admit I cringed more then once , like this man shit the bed however it came out marvelous.. Well done sir!
Hey Andrew, this made me lol.. thank you. and, tbh, I felt that I may well have royally cocked up more than a few times too..
The sax music is making me feel like I’m on hold to chat with my dentist’s office or something.
I kind of love it tbh. Not what I would have chosen but very cool imo
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars it’s charming. I just realized while watching I felt like someone might suddenly pop on going “Thank you for your patience, how can I help you?”. haha
Part 17 of the handmade jazz guitar repair project: I’ve decided to…burn it.
wow, if HE can't find the quite the right tool in THAT shop, I don't stand a chance. :)
The plastic knobs should be made in ebony instead...great video as always, Ben.
The control knobs? They are ebony.. highly polished so unfortunately they really do look like plastic 😕
13:49 Had to rewind that... at first I could have sworn he said "I am having a blunt."
While working on my first ever patch repair!? I may be insane but not THAT insane lol
Also, don’t use the oil right away. In this case you don’t need it at all. Typically you’d want to use it after you’ve built up a few wash coats and build coats. It only really helps the burnishing process.
The oil can get into the raw wood and really good things up
It's always a pleasure watching you. My father was a master cabinet maker/joiner/carpenter,I learned some tricks watching him but turn myself as a toolmaker machinist. By watching you,I'm making my own guitar but for now designing a different instrument, some kind of a Koto or Guqin. I was wondering if you managed that little hole on the side left by removing the plate support at 1:51 ?
The side hole wasn't something the client is too worried about, out of sight out of mind I suppose?
Teasing us with the story of the violin repair gal, and then not leaving a link....Thanks Lots, Ben...
My bad.. season 1 ep 5.. pca.st/podcast/354ad250-907d-0139-744a-0acc26574db2
Thanks so much.
Hi Ben! I hope you, your family, & co-workers all have a great holiday and stay safe from the pandemic. I do have a question. I noticed that you use surgical scalpels for the very small work. I have for years used the X-Acto line of hobby knives for the same thing. My question is, are scalpels better for that type of work than X-Acto knives or is it just a personal preference? If there's a reason that scalpels are better, I'm very interested to know. Thanks for all of the great videos, and I'm looking forward to seeing the hand-made guitar take shape. I also like the .x episodes to see what prep goes into the process. :)
So did you glue the pickup only on the side? Neat! Nice work!
The second I saw the Zero fret I was in love. If have tried the endpin Nanomag on the end of the fretboard and piezo saddle on another output.
Oh that ugly block they added. Superglue being likely.. shock smack and leave damage would have been my method. 😄
Great watch. Like being really high in an elevator
26:10 Merch... oh hazelmerch. Crimbury's take them and they cover them in chocolate
Ohhha sounds fun!
I wanna see u build a big body acoustic
One day.. for sure
You talk about Iris Carr ?
I had to rewind at 13:50...
At first I heard "I am having a blunt" ...
Nice 👍
If Ben can remember the name of that podcast to share that'd be amazing, looking for something to listen to while I make some pens and running out of audiobooks!
Here you go. Luthiers and legacy. And this was the episode. open.spotify.com/episode/1rrx2GKxsPZQexKkUDxrEE?si=ljwbarnWQmypWPS2B8Oq4Q&
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Awesome, many thanks :D
good job on the repair patch Ben, I am a plasterer and for the 37 yrs I have been doing that I have been asked to patch so many different things from walls, ceilings, cars, tables, and have chosen to try marble bench tops and laminate bench tops and managed quite well, but I mentioned to my son I was going to repair (patch) an old sunburst squire partscaster I own because it messes with my brain seeing the chips and dings etc and my son went off saying no no it looks so much better like that , relic I think he said , but what are your thoughts and could you leave something you know you can repair and make look new again or would you leave the relic look as they call it ?
How did the refinish of your daughter's guitar ever turn out? Will we get to see the end result?